Swan Song
On the seventh day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Seven swans a swimming…
I’m not typically one to gift birds, even to my true love. A new cocktail is more my style, and my love does enjoy tequila. Thankfully, I have the chance to join some drinkstagram friends in celebrating the #12daysofelbandido (#ad), so a tequila drink it is.
For my drink, I anchored on the agave + Braulio combo (@denverbarkeep and I are on the same wavelength). The Holiday flavor comes from fig & cinnamon in the form of a shrub (if you’re not into making shrubs, I have an alternative version below that is very close). It feels like a Holiday cocktail, but it’s very balanced and complex and the tequila is a perfect base. The x-factor here is the coffee, which imparts just the right amount of seasoning that works so well with the bittersweetness of the amari. It’s seriously one of the best things I’ve made in awhile so give it a try!
Recipe
1.5oz blanco tequila (@elbandidoyankee)
0.5oz Campari (@campariusa)
0.25oz Braulio
0.5oz cinnamon fig shrub*
0.5oz lemon juice
1tsp medium roast coffee beans
Shake all ingredients with ice until chilled. Fine strain into coupe, garnish with swan-esque lemon twist. Cheers!!
*can sub shrub for 0.25oz cinnamon syrup + <1tbsp fig jam and increasing lemon juice to 0.75oz